Doll cradle



C. L. HOOVER June 4, 1929.

DOLL- CRADLE 7 Filed Oct. 17, 1927 Patented June 4, 1929.

* UNITED ST?- onns'rnn L. HOOVER, or WARSAW, inniann.

noLL CRADLE.

Application filed October 17,1927. Serial No. 226,709.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a doll cradle, and the invention aims to provide a novel dollcradle, which may be fashioned cheaply out of wood or similar stock, at trifling expense; The invention has for its object, the provision of a novel form of frame, a novel form of body, and novel means for mounting the body on the frame for swinging n lovement, f

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhancethe utility of devices of that type towhich the in-- 'vention appertains.

I lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina-- tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructlon hereinafter described and claimed, 1t be ng understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be madev within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance withthe invention, parts beingbroken away;

Figure 2 is an end elevation wherein parts are broken away;

. Figure 3 is asectional view showing a part of the base; V

Figure 4 1s a sectional view showing a part of the base, the cutting plane in F1gure 4 being at right angles to the cutting plane in concaved upon their lower edges, as shown Figure 3. p 1 I In carrying out the lnvention, there is provided a base, includ ng end pleces 1, preferably made of wood, the end pieces 1 bemg a frame, and in the upper surfaces of the end pieces 1, at points near to the extreini-- ties thereof, downwardly diverging. seats 8 are fashioned. In the seats 8 are mounted the lower ends of upwardlyconverging bars 9,wh1ch form'partsnof standards, the bars9 preferably made of wood, and of c rcular cross section. Securing members 10,-,suchas I nails, extend into the endpieces 1, transverSely, as shown inFigure 1, and engagethe lower ends of the bars 9, to hold them inplace in the seat-s8. HThe-upper-ends of the wooden bars 9 are recelved 1n downwardly diverging recesses fashioned in cardioid cap blocks 12, which may be made of wood. Pivot elementssl f, such as bolts, are mounted in the cap blocks 12. The numeral 16 marks a body,

which may be a basket, including a bail 15, made of wood or similar-material. The bail 15 is mounted on the pivot elements lt, and, thus, the body 16 is mounted for swinging movement on the frame above-alluded to. The ends of the bail 16 converge, as shown at 17, and the ends of the'body 16 are spaced,

as at 18, from the bars 9, sothat the body16 will 'notstrike the bars' 9 when the body is some resiliency.

ient handle whereby the body 16 may be rocked with thepivot elements 14: as centers of swinging movement.

' What is claimed is In a cradle, a frame comprising standards,

swung, eventhough the bail may have g The ball 15 extends upwvardly far enough so that it forms aconven- J a body located between the standards,-the

standards projecting upwardly with respect to the body, a bailattachedat its ends to the ends of the body, and pivot elements connect.-

ing the bail with the standards, the'pivot elements being located between the .body and the crown of'the'baihthe crown of the bail extending upwardly with respect -to' the standards, to afford,'at any point between'the standards, a hand grip and a leverage whereby the body may be rocked.

In testimony that I cl'aim the foregoing as my.v own, I have heretoafiixed my signature, f

CHESTER L. HOOVER, I 

